Manifolding sales-book.



No. 655,456. I Patented Aug. 7, I900. L. G. REYNOLDS.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

(Application filed Jan. 11, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ATENT Gimme;

LEWIS G. REYNOLDS, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

IVIANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,456, dated August 7, 190Q.

Application filed January 11,1900. Serial No. 1,122. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lewis G. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Memorandum Sales-Slip Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of. this specification.

My improvement relates to sales-slip books for use in making duplicate memoranda of sales and the like for use by merchants and others, and the improvements have particular relation to that class of sales-slip book known. as flat-opening. In sales-slip books belonging to the flat-opening class the sheets are bound together at one end and are provided with two lines of perforati0ns'one at the bound end to form a stub and the other at the middle of the sheet to allow for the ready separation of the individual sheet from the package and the two portions of the sheet from each other. In the fiat-opening sales-slip books the sheets lie in contact with each other throughout their whole length, and a sheet of carbon-paper of a length to cover the sheet to the middle line of perforations is bound with the package on top of the sheets. In this construction of book the free ends of the sheets that is, that portion from the middle line of perforations outward-lie in contact with each other, and these portions of the sheets become the original slips, while those portions attached to the stub become the duplicate slips. WVhen this class of book is folded and closed, the fold is made at the middle line of perforation, the original slips all lying in contact with each other. (This type of flat-opening book, in which the sheets lie in contact with each other, is well exemplified in the patent of J. H. Frink, No. 288,048, of November 6, 1883.) In another type of sales-slip book of this class and which could be called the foldeddn style of book the individual sheets are folded each original slip upon its corresponding duplicate, and this type of folded-in book as distinguished from the flatopening book is well exemplified in the patentto Oldfield, No.485,132,of October25,l892.

My improvements relate to the fla -opening book, as above described, in which the sheets 'cate slip.

lie in contact with each other throughout their whole length, and the phrase lying in contact with each other as used hereinafter in this specification and the claims is intended to refer to the Frink pa tent style of fiatopening book as distinguished from the Oldfield patent style, where the sheets are folded each original upon its corresponding dupli- In the flat-openingbook as the slips are to be written in the hurry of a sale the salesman is very apt to turn over more than one slip ata time, orin any event the recording of a sale is delayed while the salesman selects the top slip to be folded over the carbon-paper. In sales-slip books of this class it has also been customary to provide a sales entry sheet for the recording of the sales-memoranda made on the slips, and this sales-entry sheet has been placed within the back cover of the book, so that in order to record the sales the unused slips which lie together within the back cover have to be lifted out of the way, so as to expose the sales-entry sheet, thus for the moment concealing the original salesslip just used and aifording an opportunity for error in the posting of the data of the sale on the sales-entry sheet. It is to overcome these Various features of objection to the use of sales-slip books in which the sheets lie in contact with each other that my invention is directed, and it consists in providing the cover of the book with an extra fly-leaf section approximately the same length as the socalled original slip, which is adapted to fold over the free ends of the original salesslips, forming a receptacle therefor and covering the unused portion of the sales-slips while the book is being used and to separate the next-to-be-used slip from the balance of the slips. The sales-entry columns are imprinted on the top side of this extra section of the cover,which brings the line and point of record directly under the original salesmemoranda on the sales-slip in plain View of the writer, doing away with the liability of error in the posting, and in addition to this the extra fly-leaf cover-section furnishes a means for separating the next slip to be used from the balance of the sheets, so that the book is ready for instant use for the next sale. In order to maintain this extra fiy-leaf cover-section in a position to form a receptaole for the outer ends of the sales-slips,l preferably make use of a clip which embraces the fold of the fly-leaf cover-section and keeps it constantly folded at the outer end. In separating the slip next to be used from the balance of the sheets the salesman lifts the fly-leaf cover-section and slides the uppermost slip from theothers, but the clip prevents access to the ends of the slips, and there is much less likelihood of turning over more than one slip at a time.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved book open and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the book closed.

The sheets of paper forming the book are provided with two lines of perforations a 12, leaving a stub portion A, duplicate slips B, and original slips 0. Y

D is the cover for the book,made of Manila paper or other suitable material and provided with an upper fly-leaf E and a lower cover-section fly-leaf F. The upper fly-leaf -E is carbonized to form manifolding material, or instead of carbonizing this fly-leaf the fiy-leaf may be omitted and a separate sheet of manifolding material may be secured to the stub portion of the sheets in any wellknown way. The lower fiy-leaf cover-section F is imprinted on its outer side with a form for a sales-en try sheet upon which to post the sales. The sheets of paper and the cover are bound together through the stub portion of the sheets by staples c c or otherwise suitably blocked or secured together and the book is ready for use, the lower cover-section being folded over all of the slips except the topmost,

and this slip being folded over the manifolding material.

When the sales-memoranda have been made on the original slip, the total is at once posted on the sales-entry sheet, which lies directly before the salesman, so that error in posting is avoided. The original and duplicate slips are then torn out on the upper line of perforation a, and the slips separated, as is usual. Having made the record and detached the slips, the salesman folds over the original of the next -slip upon the carbon material and folds the-book, as shown in Fig. 2. This operation of folding over the next-to-be-nsed slip is performed at a moment when in the regular course of business the clerk or salesman has time to do it, is not in a hurry, and therefore not liable to make an error by folding over two or more instead of only one. The cover-section F then separates the topmost or next-to-be-used slip from the others, and the book is ready for instant use when next opened. To maintain this cover-section F firmly as a receptacle,'I preferably make use of a clip g, of tin or other suitable material, which is bent around the outer fold of the cover-section F and the back D and held in that position by its own spring-pressure. This insures the position of the coversection F, and when it is raised to obtain the slip next to be used the natural spring of the material prevents access to the outer ends of the slips.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat'- ent, is

1. A memorandum sales slip book composed of the series of sheets of paper perforated at the middle to form duplicate and original slips, said sheets lying in contact with each other throughout their whole length, provided with a cover of suitable material having a fly-leaf cover-section,approximately of the same length as the original-slip portion ofthe sheet, folded over the free ends of the original slips, whereby the next-to-be-used original slips may be separated from the balance of the original slips, substantially as shown and described.

2. -A memorandum sales-slip book, composed of a series of sheets of paper, perforated at the middle to form duplicate and original slips, said sheets lying in contact with each other throughout their whole length,

provided With a cover of suitable material,

having a fly-leaf cover-section,approximately of the same length as the original-slip portion of the sheets, folded over the free ends of the original slips and imprinted on its outer side with proper matter to serve as a sales-entry -sheet for posting a summary of the sales,

whereby the neXt-to-be-used original slip may be separated from the balance of the original slips, substantially as shown and described.

3. A memorandum sales-slip book, composed of a series of sheetsof paper perforated at the middle to form duplicate and original slips and lyingin contact with each other, provided with a cover of suitable material,

having a fly-leaf cover-section approximately of the same length as the original section, folded over the free ends of the original slips, whereby the next-to-be-used slip may be separated from the balance of the original slips,

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and means for maintaining the fly-leafcover- 7 section in folded position, substantially as shown and described.

4. A memorandum sales-slip book, composed of a series of sheets of paper perforated at the middle and lying in contact with each other, provided with a cover of suitable material, having a fly-leaf cover-section, approximately of the same length as the original section,'folded over the free ends of the original slips, forming a cover for the original slips not ready for use, and serving as a means for separating the next-to-be-used slip from the balance of the original slips, said fly-leaf cover-section serving as a sales-entry sheet for posting a summary of sales, and a clip for maintaining said fiy-leaf cover-section in folded position, substantially as shown and described.

. LEWIS G. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

H. G. EDWARDS, R. P. HAIGHT. 

